"I overheard her on the phone — she sounded angry. Almost desperate."
"I just worry about you, Julian. I hope she’s not taking advantage."
Julian always brushed it off at first.
But Lexi knew the mind games would work.
Because doubt, once planted, was a disease.
Love Unforgiven
It grew in the dark.
It fed on silence.
And it made even the strongest men suspicious.
The second move was trickier.
Lexi needed evidence.
Real evidence — not just whispered fears.
So she waited.
And watched.
She started noticing patterns — Adriana leaving the penthouse late at night with her laptop tucked under her arm, receiving mysterious phone calls she ended abruptly whenever someone approached.
Lexi played the innocent, pretending to stumble into rooms she wasn’t supposed to be in, pretending no
